Ohio State Alex Wimmers collected his fourth preseason All-American honor, picking up his third second-team honor, the latest courtesy Baseball America.
The reigning co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Year has been selected a second-team All-American by Baseball America, National College Baseball Writers Association, and Collegiate Baseball. Ping! Baseball tabbed Wimmers a first-team selection. The Friday night start for coach Bob Todd, Wimmers went 9-2 as a junior finishing with a 3.27 ERA, striking out 136 batters in 104.2 innings pitched.
Continuing with a Scarlet & Gray themed Friday, the Ohio State Department of Athletics Communications has released information on the Bucks 2010 infield.
Five seniors and two juniors headline a Buckeyes infield that has a collective 543 games of starting expeirence.
In a detailed preview of the Buckeyes around the diamond by baseball SID Jerry Emig and assistant Brett Rybak, OSU will have Ryan Dew and Matt Streng platooning at first base, Cory Rupert and Brad Hallberg sharing time at the hot corner with Cory Kovanda and Tyler Engle forming the team’s double-play tandom.
Ohiostatebuckeyes.com will preview the catcher coming Monday.
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I can’t believe Coach Todd will have Dew at 1st base and not in RF. Dew has been a real nice outfielder in past seasons and can really go get the baseball. Not great speed but has gotten the job done in years past. Why not keep Streng at 1st with an OF of Hurley,Stephens and DeLucia at DH. I do like the middle infield with Engle and Kovanda up the middle. I don’t want to see Streng at 3rd base though. He struggled this past fall their for sure.